Itay Talgam (Hebrew: איתי טלגם) (born 24 March 1958, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli conductor and business consultant.

[1] Itay Talgam studied at the Rubin Academy and received a degree in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He started out as a pianist, but switched to conducting after his military service in the Israel Defense Forces.

[2] Talgam debuted as an international conductor in 1987, when he was chosen by Leonard Bernstein to appear in a special concert with Orchestre de Paris.

[4] Itay Talgam gives seminars and workshops on the operations of the symphony orchestra, which he sees as a metaphor for organizational behavior and a model for inspired leadership.